Metal and Nutrient Transporters in Abiotic Stress

Aryadeep Roychoudhury, Durgesh Kumar Tripathi, Rupesh Deshmukh

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2021
• ISBN:
  9780128179567
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Agriculture
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Metal and Nutrient Transporters in Abiotic Stress focuses on the different forms of environmental stress related to heavy metal, metalloid and nutrient deficiency that have the potential to inflict major damages to crop plants, leading to a massive decrease in crop yield and productivity. The book presents the current state of knowledge of the biochemical and molecular regulation of several classes of membrane transporters related to the uptake of metals/metalloids and nutrient elements during different stresses and their probable mechanisms of operation in plant stress tolerance.

Metal and Nutrient Transporters in Abiotic Stress provides a comprehensive discussion that will help in mitigating multiple forms of stresses utilizing transporter proteins. Edited by leading experts and written by a global team of knowledgeable contributors, this book will further stimulate research in the field of transporter proteins and will foster further interests for researchers, academicians and scientists worldwide. It is complimented by its companion book titled Transporters and Plant Osmotic Stress.

• Focuses exclusively on metal and nutrient transporters involved in multiple environmental stresses in plants
• Explains exploiting transporters in crop improvement programs through transgenic technology against different stresses such as heavy metal, metalloid and nutrient deficiency
• Serves as an important source of information in the field of abiotic stress

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Contributors
• 1: Computational tools and approaches for aquaporin (AQP) research
• 2: P-type ATPases and their role in metal homeostasis in plants
• 3: Role of ABC transporters and other vacuolar transporters during heavy metal stress in plants
• 4: Transporters involved in arsenic uptake, translocation, and efflux in plants
• 5: Silicon and selenium transporters in plants under abiotic stresses
• 6: Transporters regulating aluminum uptake, accumulation, and toxicity in plants
• 7: Silicon transporters in plants
• 8: Role of transporters of copper, manganese, zinc, and nickel in plants exposed to heavy metal stress
• 9: Calcium sensing and signaling in plants during metal/metalloid stress
• 10: Cobalt and molybdenum transport in plants
• 11: Metalloid transporters and channels in plants
• 12: Regulation of boron, iron, and cadmium transporters in maintaining proper balance between their deficiency and excess in plants
• Index